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Rep. Lori Trahan puts water contamination issue on congressional radar By Jacob Vitali AYER — Federal support could be on the way for local cities and towns, including several in the Nashoba Valley, confronting public water supplies contaminated with chemicals known as PFAS, or per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances. Earlier this month, the House of Representatives passed the PFAS… Read more »

Lori Trahan announces $3.8M for small-business research and development grants in 3rd District By Stefan Geller Congresswoman Lori Trahan, along with Sen. Ed Markey and Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm, announced on Tuesday that $3.8 million in federal funding was awarded to small businesses in the 3rd District that are working on advanced scientific tools and clean energy… Read more »

Rep. Trahan visits Community Cupboard, Zarape Restaurant in Marlborough By Dakota Antelman MARLBOROUGH – U.S. Representative Lori Trahan (MA-03) visited Marlborough, July 14, making stops at the Marlborough Community Cupboard and at Zarape Restaurant.  The visits were billed as a chance to highlight ways relief funding from the American Rescue Plan had made a difference in… Read more »

Rep. Lori Trahan touts beginning of enhanced child tax credit payments By Robert Mills LOWELL — U.S. Rep. Lori Trahan visited the Merrimack Valley Food Bank Thursday to help package and distribute food to families as she touted the beginning of enhanced child tax credit payments to families, saying the payments — as well as funding for organizations like the food bank — will help keep… Read more »

Athletes in Congress talk women and sports By Shia Kapos Women athletes have never been so inextricably linked to political discourse as they are today — speaking out on criminal justice reform, #MeToo, Senate races, publicity rights for their name, image and likeness (NIL), and inequalities in the NCAA. And when the U.S. Women’s Soccer Team takes the field at the Tokyo Olympics, we… Read more »

Trahan touts expanded child tax credit, small business aid in Marlborough visit By Cesareo Contreras MARLBOROUGH — Congresswoman Lori Trahan stopped by the newly renovated Marlborough Community Cupboard on Wednesday to help spread the word about a newly expanded federal child tax credit that goes into effect Thursday.  “We need them to know that they’re entitled to this… Read more »

UMass Lowell to give millions of American Rescue Plan dollars to students facing financial hardships By Stefan Geller LOWELL — The University of Massachusetts Lowell will give at least $13.7 million in American Rescue Plan relief funds to students facing food insecurity, homelessness or other financial hardships, university officials highlighted on Monday. “It feels like the government… Read more »

Congresswomen join Biden economic adviser to tout American Families Plan child care changes By Stephanie Ebbert CAMBRIDGE — Making the case that child care is critical infrastructure, President Biden’s top economist joined three Massachusetts congresswomen Wednesday in advocating for an infusion of public funds through the president’s $1.8 trillion American Families Plan. The event… Read more »

Trahan announces $4.7 million in COVID-19 relief funds for district LOWELL — Three community development financial institutions in Massachusetts’ 3d Congressional District were awarded a total of $4,717,530 from a federal interim relief package adopted in December, according to a press release from U.S. Rep. Lori Trahan. Three institutions that received the federal grants are the… Read more »

Rep. Lori Trahan gets billions for sewage overflows added to infrastructure bill By Alana Melanson LOWELL — More good news may be on the way for Greater Lowell and other Merrimack Valley towns impacted by combined sewer overflows and other water and wastewater infrastructure challenges. Key provisions from U.S. Rep. Lori Trahan’s Stop Sewage Overflows Act — bipartisan legislation she… Read more »